Garment-display rack.



E. F. CARR. GARMENT DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR-21,1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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GARMENT DISPLAY RACK.

APPLlCATlON FILED APR. 21, 1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED sT TE'srA EnT oFFroE.

EDWARD F. CARE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-DISFLAY RACK.

To'cll whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. CARR, a

V citizen of the United States residing at the handling of the garmentsto display them is reduced to a minimum.

A further object is to provide a rack in which the garments may beeasily and quicklycovered or inclosed to protect the same from dust andthe like.

I accomplish these objects by the rack described herein and illustratedin the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof in which V I Figure 1is a sectional end elevation of my improved rack. Fig.2 is a fragmentarytop plan of so much of my rack as is necessary to properly illustrate myinvention.

7 Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of a portion of the hanger arm bar.Fig. i is a perspective detail of one end of the siderails which supportthe top of the rack. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of thehanger arms used with my improved rack.

In the drawingsforminga part of this application the base member iscomposed of longitudinal'side bars I whichare joined together atintervals-by cross bars 8. Bars 8 have cut in the upper edges thereof are cess 9 in which is received a longitudinally extending base plate'10. A floor 11 is secured upon the upper edges of'bars 7 and and .alosec edt pl te Corner posts 12 are provlded at each corner of the baseand support the top 13. At .each end -are provided transparent panels 14which extend from the base to the top between the corner posts. Plate 10and floor 11 have sockets 15 cut therein where they pass over cross bars8 in which are received the lower ends 16 of center posts 17 which endsare reduced in size and are square. The main portion of these posts isround and extends upwardly and the upper end 18 is reduced in size andpasses through a square socket 19 in hanger arm bar 20 and has mountedon the upper end a cap 21. Cap 21 has trans ersely extending arms 22project- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916. Application filed April 21, 914. SerialN0.;833,3 65.

ing outwardly therefrom which fhave I mounted upon their ends the siderails 23. These 'caps are secured upon the posts by screws 24. Siderails;23are preferablyof angle iron and extend from end to Iendoftherack and are secured to the ends as best shown in Fig. 4/ Buttons 25 aresecured to theinner sides of the downwardly extending portions of thesiderailsand are adapted to receive thereon a curtain or cover (notshown) whenit is desired to protect the garments from dust. Hanger armbar 20 is preferably formed of a center piece 26 of wood and has acasing 27 of ,metal surrounding the same. I Where the rack is longerthanthe ordinary length of the metal the casing is so constructed that thetop thereof overlaps the joint in the wood at one parent top 13,preferably of glass, is sup? 1 ported upon the side rails and the end ofthe rack and may be secured thereto in any desired manner. -H anger armsare mounted to swing on said hanger arm bar. The body of the hanger armis preferably formed of two members 27 and 28 and have secured to theirouter ends a hook 29 by rivets or other: wise which serves to connectthe same. Hook 29 extendsdownwardly from member 28 and. is bentoutwardly and then 'down- 7 wardly and terminates in hooks '30. The 1other ends of members 27 and 28'are twisted at right angles and areconnected at a distance from their ends by a separator rod' 31 theendsof which .are riveted in holesin eachof said members. Members 27and28 are provided at their ends with holes 32 through which are passedbolts 33 to secure the same to the hanger bar. Washers 34 are providedon bolts 33 between the inner sides of these arms and the hanger armbar. A. slide hook 35 is slidably mounted between members 27 and 28 andis held adjustable at the required position by a U- shaped clip 36 whichis pivotally mounted at the ends of its legs upon the sides of thisslide. The other end of clip 36 is received in notches 37 in the upperedge of member 27 to hold the hook in its adjusted position. A hanger 38having a shank 39 may be suspended from any of thehooks. Hanger 38 maybe used to support a coat.

It will be observed that in the construction illustrated the hook of thehanger arm farthest from the hanger arm bar, which will be called theouter hook, is rigidlyse,-.

cured to the arm and the inner hook slides but if desired the inner hookcould be fixed, to the arm and the outer one slide.

then moved to make taut the waistband and then is securedby clip 35.Byusing a hook onthe outer end of the hanger like that shown at theleft-in Fig. 1 acoat and trousers may be displayed from the same arm.The shank of the hanger could be constructed to permit the coat to liein. a plane parallel with the trousers. By swinging the garments beneaththe top a curtain (not shown) can be placed on. the buttons of thesiderails toprotect the garments from dust.

By this construction a rackis provided that can be shipped knocked downand then quickly put up in its place of use. This construction; permitsof building the rack in sections which fit each other so that racks ofgreat length can be quickly erected.

Center posts at the end may beused instead of corner posts but I prefercorner posts as they give additional strength;

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A display rack comprising a base; a plurality of separated postsrigidly mounted. in and on the central longitudinal line of said base,said posts havingtops reduced in-size; ends secured to said base; ahanger bar secured to said ends and having aperends.

2. In a display rack having a base and ends a hanger bar near thetopthereofacextending centrally and longitudinally from end to end of.the rack and secured to said I ends, in combination with supports forsaid bar intermediate its. ends, said supports I being secured to thebase and positioned to leave the edges of: the hanger bar unobstructed ifor the attachment thereto of hanger arms, whereby garments may: bedisplayed from both sides of the hanger bar throughout its entire length and hangers i pivotally secured to said bar to swing in the planeof the top of said bar.

' 3. The combination of a:display rack having a hanger bar extendingalong the central longitudinal line beneath the top,@

with; a hanger arm composed of two members of strap metal having theouter.por-- tions in a vertical plane and the inner portions in ahorizontal plane and adapted to straddle the hanger arm .bar and :to bepivotally secured thereto; said arm having; a hook at its outer end andanother hoo 3i ed at the other end to slide on and between: 1 themembers of said arm; and means to'hold the sliding hookin any desiredposition 'Inwitness that Iclaim the foregoing; I, havehereunto-subscribedmy name this 28th.

day of aMarch,=1914.

' EDWARD'F. CARR; lVitnesses: r,

G. E. HARPHAMa. FRANK WATERFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing.the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

